Zopf bread. Salt is very important; otherwise it will be too bland as the previous reviewer said. Zopf, usually formed into a simple three-strand braid, is a basic example of this Swiss art. A Butterzopf is probably the most famous Swiss bread, it is baked in the form of a plait and traditionally eaten on Sunday mornings..
Zopf (which literally means braid) is probably the most famous Swiss bread. Unlike most other Swiss breads it contains milk and butter, which gives it a lovely soft texture. While the supermarkets sell Zopf all week, it's traditionally a treat we Swiss only indulge in on Sundays, for breakfast or brunch. You can cook Zopf bread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Zopf bread
- Prepare 250 gms of flour.
- Prepare 35 gms of butter.
- You need 125 ml of milk.
- It’s 35 grams of sugar.
- You need 1/4 of salt.
- Prepare of for brushing:.
- It’s 1 tbsp of milk.
- You need 1 tbsp of nib sugar.
Zopf is a soft milk bread and is a family tradition with us; it is usually served with butter and jam, although can also be served with soft cheeses and cold meats. It is a breakfast or dinner bread. If you need to know how to do the plait, let me know and I'll send you a diagram! Based on a Betty Bossi recipe.
Zopf bread instructions
- Assemble the ingredients.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, lukewarm milk, yeast, salt, sugar and butter. Combine well to obtain a rough dough..
- Transfer to a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place in a bowl cover with plastic wrap and let it double about 3 hours..
- Grease a baking sheet, punch the dough and divide into 3 equal pieces, roll each into a long thin rope..
- Bring one of the ends together. Start braiding by braiding right end across the center rope. Now the right rope comes to the center and the center ones goes to the hand side. Now bring the left most rope on top of the center one..
- Repeat the process till you reach the end of the rope. Tuck the ends beneath the braid..
- Now brush the braid with milk and nib sugar and Cover them loosely and let sit for another 30 minutes until risen..
- Now bake them in pre heated oven 200 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes..
Press ends and put below bread. Zopf made out of four pieces of dough: Cut dough in four pieces of the same size. Put ends together as shown above on the very left. Put the first roll on the left across the second roll on the right, again as shown above. Zopf Easily Switzerland's most famous bread, Zopf is enjoyed in all regions of the country, particularly the Emmental, where butter is treasured and added to the bread with abandon, and the braids are often giant and sold by the metre.
